Building a house typically takes months, exacerbating the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/housing-crisis/" target="_blank">housing crisis</a> so many people face worldwide. <a href="http://apis-cor.com/en/" target="_blank">Apis Cor</a>, a San Francisco-based company that specializes in <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/3d-printing/" target="_blank">3D-printing</a>, decided to tackle that crisis with a groundbreaking mobile <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/3d-printer/" target="_blank">3D-printer</a> that can print an entire 400-square-foot <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/tiny-home/" target="_blank">tiny home</a> in just 24 hours. What's more, doing so costs just over $10,000 - a steal compared to most modern homes.

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Apis Cor 3D-Printing Construction

The tiny house cost $10,134.

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Apis Cor 3D-Printer

Apis Cor's mobile 3D printer can be transported to print on site.

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Apis Cor 3D-Printing Process

Apis Cor erected a tent so they could print the home during the Russian winter.

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Apis Cor Building Materials

They utilized a concrete mix.

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Apis Cor Concrete

Their process is fast, environmentally friendly, and affordable.

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Apis Cor Tiny House Painting

Apis Cor printed the home at their test facility.

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Apis Cor Team

Apis Cor's goal is to change the construction industry "until everyone is able to afford a place to live."

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Apis Cor Tiny Home

The mobile printer can work in temperatures as cold as negative 31 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Apis Cor Tiny House Kitchen Living Room

Components like self-bearing walls and partitions were printed on location.

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Apis Cor Tiny House Sitting Area

The company says their buildings will last 175 years.

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Apis Cor Tiny House Curved Walls

A curved television screen fits right in with the curved walls.

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Apis Cor Tiny House Inside

Samsung provided some appliances for the tiny house.

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Apis Cor Tiny House

Building a house typically takes months, exacerbating the housing crisis so many people face worldwide. Apis Cor, a San Francisco-based company that specializes in 3D-printing, decided to tackle that crisis with a groundbreaking mobile 3D-printer that can print an entire 400-square-foot tiny home in just 24 hours. What's more, doing so costs just over $10,000 - a steal compared to most modern homes.